福州市英语（暑假）阅读理解训练（9）及答案解析

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精福州市2014高考英语（2013暑假）阅读理解训练（19）及答案解析（二)MartinwasreturningtoworkinhisLondonofficeafterspendingtwoweekswithhisbrotherinNewYork。Hewascomingbackwithaheavyheart。Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofawonderfulholiday；itwasnotjustthatheinvariablysufferedbadlyfromjetlag；itwasthatMondaymorningsalwaysbeganwithateammeetingand，overthemonths，hehadgrowntohatethem.Martinwasawarethatcolleaguesapproachedthesemeetingswithhiddenagendas；theyindulged（纵容)game。playing；andheknewthatpeoplewerenotbeinghonestandopen.Themeetingsthemselveswerebadenough-therewasallthemoaningafterwardsatthemeetinglike“Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea，butIwasn’tgoingtosay"。Asthismorning’smeetingbegan，Martinpreparedhimselffortheusualdullnessandboredom.But，asthemeetingprogressed，hebecameawareofastrangebackgroundnoise。Atfirst,hethoughtthathewasstillhearingtheenginenoisefromtheaircraftthathadbroughthimbacktoLondon。But,asheconcentratedonthenoise，itbecamealittleclearer。Herealized—tohisamazement-thathecouldactuallyhearwhattheywerethinkingatthesametimeastheywerespeaking.Whatsurprisedhim,evenmorethantheacquisition（获得)ofthisstrangepower,wasthathediscoveredthatwhatpeopleweresayingwasnotreallywhattheywerethinking。Theywerenotmakingcleartheirreservations。Theywerenotsupportingviewswhichtheythoughtmightbepopular。Theywerenotcontributingtheirnewinsights。Theywerenotvolunteeringtheirnewideas.Martinfounditimpossiblenottorespondtohisnewknowledge.Sohestartedtomakegentleinterventions，basedmoreonwhathecouldhearhiscolleaguesthinkingthanonwhathecouldhearthemsaying。“So,Johnareyoureallysaying…"“Susan，doyoureallythinkthat？”“Tom,haveyougotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward？”Theylookedathim，puzzled.Intruth,hefeltratherproudofhis_newly­acquired_talent。Asthemeetingprogressed,itwascleartohimthateachmemberofthemeetingwaslearninghowtohearthethoughtsoftheothers。Thegame。playingstartedtofallaway;peoplestartedtospeakmoredirectly;viewsbecamebetterunderstood；theatmospherebecamemoreopenandtrusting。Themeetingended。Aspeoplelefttheroom，Martinfoundthathecouldstillhearwhattheywerethinking.“Thatwasthebestmeetingwe’veeverhad。"“Allmeetingsshouldbelikethat.”“Infuture，I’mgoingtosaywhatIthink”。（)11。ItisknownfromthefirstparagraphthatMartin________。A．justcamebackfromhisbusinesstripinNewYorkB．wasfoundtosufferfromaseriousheartdiseaseduringthetripC．hadagoodtimeduringhisfortnight’sstayinNewYorkD．didn'tlikehisworkinhisLondonoffice(）12.WhydidMartinhatehiscompany'steammeeting？A．BecauseithadtobeheldeveryMondaymorning.B．Becausehewastiredofhostingsuchameeting。C．Becausehecouldn’tcontrolthemeetingthatwasoutoforder。D．Becausethemeetingatmospherewasn'topenandtrusting.（)13。Theunderlinedpart“hisnewly­acquiredtalent”inParagraph5meansthathecould________.A．stillheartheenginenoiseoftheplanethoughhewasbackB．clearlyhearwhatthemembersofthemeetingweresayingC．actuallycontrolthethoughtsofthemembersofthemeetingD．expresswhatthemeetingmemberswerethinkingbasedontheirwordsandtheirthoughts(）14.WhatdoweknowaboutthisMondaymorning’smeetingfromthepassage?A．Martinmadepeoplesaywhattheywerethinkingimmediatelythemeetingbegan。B．Martinwasangryatthedullnessofthemeetingatthebeginningofthemeetingallthetime。C．Martinledpeopletoexpresstheirrealthoughtswiththemeetingprogressing。D．Manymembersofthemeetingplayedgamesandtoldliesatthemeetingallthetime。()15。ItisinferredfromthelasttwoparagraphsthattowardstheendofthemeetingMartinwouldhearsuchwordsas“________”．A．Iwasthinkingofmakingasuggestion-butIcouldn'tbebotheredB．Ihavegotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward.Ithinkweshould…C．Theusualpeoplesaytheusualthings，soIhavenoothernewideasD．Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea，butIwasn'tgoingtosay（二）度假归来，马丁又要组织会议了。他原本准备忍受会议的乏味,但随着会议的进行，他发现自己能根据别人所说的话知道他们心里的真实想法，因此他试着说出他们的真实想法,引导与会人员学着理解他人的想法，并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法。因此，会议成为了一场开诚布公而让人信任的会议。11．C细节理解题.根据第一段Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofawonderfulholiday中的awonderfulholiday可判断，他在纽约的两周过得很愉快，由此判断答案选C.12．D细节理解题。根据第二段可判断，与会人员口是心非，表里不一,这种不公开、不诚实的会风使他厌烦,由此判断正确答案选D。13．D词义猜测题。第四段提到马丁能根据与会人员所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法，之后第五段接着说，他说出与会人员的真实想法，使别人都迷惑地看着他，由此判断，“他新获得的能力”即意为:他能根据别人的话说出他们心里的真实想法.14．C细节理解题。会初，马丁准备着忍受会议的乏味，而后随着会议的进行，他发现自己能根据别人所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法,对此他做出反应，即试着说出他们心里的真实想法，从而引导人们学会理解他人的想法,并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法。由此判断正确答案选C。*＊＊*＊＊＊＊＊***＊*＊＊＊＊＊*＊*＊*＊＊*＊＊*＊＊＊**＊＊＊＊＊**＊*＊＊＊＊*＊＊＊＊******结束（2010·海淀期中）Habitsareafunnything。Wereachforthemmindlessly,settingourbrainsonautopilotandrelaxingintotheunconsciouscomfortoffamiliarroutine.“Notchoice，buthabitrulestheunreflectingcreatures。”WilliamWordsworthsaidinthe19thcentury.Intheever。changing21stcentury，eventheword“habit”carriesanegativemeaning。Soitseemscontradictorytotalkabouthabitsinthesamecontextasinnovation（创新)。Butbrainresearchershavediscoveredthatwhenweconsciouslydevelopnewhabits,wecreateparallelpaths，andevenentirelynewbraincells,thatcanjumpourtrainsofthoughtontonew,innovativetracks.Ratherthandismissingourselvesasunchangeablecreaturesofhabit,wecaninsteaddirectourownchangebyconsciouslydevelopingnewhabits.Infact,themorenewthingswetry,themorecreativewebecome.Butdon'tbothertryingtokilloffoldhabits；oncethoserutsofprocedurearewornintothebrain,they’retheretostay.Instead，thenewhabitswedeliberatelypressintoourselvescreateparallelpathwaysthatcanbypassthoseoldroads.“Thefirstthingneededforinnovationisattractiontowonder，”saysDawnaMarkova，authorofTheOpenMind.“Butwearetaughtinsteadto‘decide'，justasourpresidentcallshimself‘theDecider’．”Sheadds,“howevertodecideistokilloffallpossibilitiesbutone.Agoodinnovationalthinkerisalwaysexploringthemanyotherpossibilities."“Allofusworkthroughproblemsinwaysofwhichwe’reunaware,”shesays.Researchersinthelate1960sdiscoveredthathumansarebornwiththeabilitytoapproachchallengesinfourprimaryways：analytically，procedurally，collaboratively(合作地）andinnovatively。Attheendofadolescence，however,thebrainshutsdownhalfofthatability，preservingonlythosewaysofthoughtthathaveseemedmostvaluableduringthefirstdecadeorsooflife.Thecurrentemphasisonstandardizedtestinghighlightsanalysisandprocedure，meaningthatfewofususeourinnovativeandcollaborativewaysofthought.“ThisbreaksthemajorruleintheAmericanbeliefsystemthatanyonecandoanything，"explainsM。J。Ryan,authorofthe2006bookThisYearIWill.。.andMsMarkova’sbusinesspartner。“That’saliethatwehavepreserved,anditfosterscommonness。Knowingwhatyou'regoodatanddoingevenmoreofitcreateexcellence。”Thisiswheredevelopingnewhabitscomesin。1。Brainresearchershavediscoveredthat________.A。theformingofnewhabitscanbeguidedB。thedevelopmentofhabitscanbepredictedC.theregulationofoldhabitscanbetransformedD.thetrackofnewhabitscanbecreatedunconsciously2.Theunderlinedword“ruts”inParagraph4isclosestinmeaningto________.A。zonesB。connectionsC。situationsD.tracks3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsmostprobablyagreeswithDawnaMarkova’sview？A.Decisionmakesnose